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Ohio Jewish chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1935-05-17

Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1935-05-17, page 01

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and
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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER FOR THE JEWISH HOME
Volume XVII—No. 72
COIvUMBUS, OHIO, MAY 17, 1935
Per Year $3.00; Per Copy ioc
Strictly Confidential
TID-BITS FROM EVEKYWHERE
llT PIIINEA8 Jf. limdN
Cantor Pinchik to be Heard at
Broad St. Temple Friday,
Saturday and Monday
LIFE AND PLAY
¦ Wc tliink/it's time.to mention by name some of the.firms who, oljliviotis of tlic
, aiiti-Xazi boycott, go on selling Gcfman Roods . . . Among, the better known com-
_ panics arc S. S. Kreage Co,, S. H. Kress
'&. Co., Julius Kayser Co., the jglove people. liiul qiiite a number of Jewish importers whom wc will mention by name at a later date . . . Harry Moses, producer Of "TheOld Maid," which got the' Pulit¬ zer, award, and Herman. Shumlin, pro¬ ducer of "Children's Hour,',' Which dc- sorycd it, were parti^crs and procluced jointly .several years ago "Grand Hotel" : . . When Shumlin was asked what he
. thought of the. 1935 Pulitzer prize award to "The Old Maid" he.panned his former ¦partner pitilessly .. .He said that the prize-winning- play was a piece of old lace with no'relationship to the modern
. progressive theatre and should never have been taken out from the dusty closet Unofficial figures reaching our desk tell the gruesome story, thai tho Jewish Daily Fot-Tbard lost 30,000 circulatioti because, of the Harry Ljtng'TAb Gaban escapade in the Hearst.publications.. . , Dimitri MariaiioflF, son-in-law of Professor' Ein¬ stein, has written a play dealing withi the .war hysteria in- Eurojje, which the
, Theatre Guild is considering for produc¬ tion next season .. ; Dr. A, J. Rongy is| busy writing a play on social medicine' which, if produced, wiirbjow the lid off
¦ medical .racketeering. ...
ZIONIST GOSSIP This is the motith of May and the ZioTiist conyentioh- .is less; than two months away.... But there, is an ominous silence iri official circles, although those in the know unde.rstatidthat this conven¬ tion will be a hectic One ,. . . the clamor for a new. deal is getting stronger and stronger ... The glorious and ambitious
¦ plans . for Jewish :education through the
¦ Zionist ; Organization, cultural activity, mass membership campaigns Have all evaporated ..-. . There, is a definite split .in 'the leadership, with the Wise-Lipsky
¦ ailiance, wliich .worked so well in, Ameri- ' can Jewish Congress- matters, jecotpiiig
the dominating factor in Zionist affairs ' .': ;, It is. rumored -that'the American Palestine, Campaign has been-too gener^ ous with subsidies, to the Zionist. Organi¬ zation and that the income of thc.ZOA from ::ordinary Zionist: sources is on; a
¦ continous decline. .Now,that Mr. Jacob de Haas is all wrapped up with Revision¬ ism, and, now that Mn Robert'Szold has lost all his ambition to play a role in the ZOA, the, issue narrows down to a; ¦show-down between : two parties osten-
. siblyunited in the present administration ... There wiU.:be, of course, an attempt by. the perennial pcacerseekers to create a united front, but we're tolling you that the forthcoming convention will see some hot doings. . ¦'- _ ¦ 'p
PRODIGIES ^ "Sonny Boy," the seyen-week-old' baby 'that the Al Jolsons haive adopted, is
¦, Jewish; :and had a real ceremonial birtli only, a. few weeks ago . . . We told you
, that .B'nai B.'rith headquarters would be moved East frdm Cincinnati, and that is.what the B'nai B'rith convention de¬ cided: last week ... B'nai B'rith now becomes the first national Jewish organi¬ zation, with its. main office in Washington ,.;.., The ..latest boy piano prodigy is Henry Albert, seven years old . . .He
¦ has studied piano only eighteen, months, but has already given a public concert and ' written seventeen compositions ... Henry dgesn't want to be virtuoso when he grows up—lie wants to be a doctor
, . ..You remember Samuel Reshevsky, the chess prodigy, who is now a young man and one of the outstanding, adult chess masters ... . Tlie late Julius Rosen¬ wald was very much interested in Sam and subsidized Sam's education with the idea of making him a rabbi . .. Lessing- Rosenwald, oldest son pf. Julius, financed Sam's trip to England, where he won the international chess tourijey. . , A RATOFF STORY Now wc are convinced that Gregory Ratoff is Jewish . . .He sent us this
^ littlegem: A Whitechapel (Loudon's East Side) non-Aryan needed a tooth extrac¬ tion, but was afraid of the attendant pain . . - The dentist suggested gas, but the patient feared that, too ... "I'll give you gas, so that you won't feel it," the dentist promised . - . "All you have to do
^^^ while I'm administering it ii to count slowly" . . . The patient agreed, and started counting . . . slowly ... -¦ until he nodded, "seventy-two . . . eighty-nine ninety-eight ... one dollar I"
SHORT WAVE '
pr. Friedrich Wolf has returned" to
Mosco-w, where his play, "Dr, Mamlock,"
. dealing wit!) the German-Jewish situation
in Naziland, is the smash hit of the
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in the prosaic world of bur daily ex- ' istence few things make such a profound effect on us as does a solemn prayer full of dci>th and sigmficance heautif«Uy sung an(( sublimely interpreted. Cantor Pin¬ chik possesses that .ability. He possesses also a personality that bespeaks sincerity and artistic integrity.
To hear Pinchik sing is in itself a musical treat of the highest order, but to hear him conduct Sabbath services is ail ' aesthetic pleasure few can forego, reaching as he docs heights of religious inspiration, which leaves. One breathless and bewildered. His deciariiatory de¬ livery of the fiery passages of the ai^c- old prayer book penetrates tHe inmost depths of the souls of men and in unison we exclaim, Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord of Hosts!
Although Columbus has heard ^plenty of good music during the past season, the finest; musical ahdspirituatevent in reqent months will take place tonight (Friday). and. tomorrow morning (Saturday) at the East Broad St. Temple,'when Cantor Pinchik conducts. Sabbath services in.his inimitable way._.
For those w.ho cannot attend Sabbath services, however, Cantor Pinchik has been engaged-for Monday eveningj May 20, to give a special concert and also: conduct evening services' at which the counting of "Sefira" will be the. inspira¬ tional treat; .
It is ;well to remember that Mr. Pin¬ chik. is ndf only.a great cantor, but also a-singer of the highest possible attain¬ ment. He.sings .Jewish folk songs with the same degree of musical perfection as he does the classical or. liturgical com¬ positions. He is easily the jpeer of sueh world celebrities as McCormack; Schipa, Gigli and others. .,
. Do not fail, to hear Cantor Pinchik sing.: He.will thrill you.as nothing ever thrilled you before.
Council Board Meeting to be Heid at Goldberg Home
.: Mrs. Harry Goldberg, newly, .elected president of the Council of Jewish Wo-- raen, will hold her first .board meeting at her home, on Tuesday, May 21.
- The other newly-elected officers are as follows; first vice president,.Mrs. Hiram Cohen; second vice president, Mrs.:Edna Hofmayer; recording secretary,'Mrs* A^ B. Weinfeld; treasurer, Mrs.' Max Gumble. v
The directors include: Mesdames Da¬ vid Cohen, Mark Feinknopf,. Arthiir Isaac, Stanley Hertz, Robert Levy, Rob¬ ert. Blashek, Edwin J. Schahfarbcr, Dave Levinson, Louis , Mark, Wm.' Schiff, Harry Zeiger^ Frank A."-Glick.
Court Brands "Protocols of Zioii" Forgery and Plagiarism I
'BERNE, SWITZERLAND (WNS) —Anti-Semitism everywhere received a body blow when Judge Meyer, presiding justice' of the I.!erne cantonal court, branded, tlie. noUirioiis' Protocols of the Elders of Zion a forgery. Judge Meyer's verdict was rendered at the close of thc criminal libel suit brought by tlic Union of Swiss Jewish Communities and the Jewish camniunity of , Berne agaiiist leaders of the Swiss Nazis .who have Ijtcen distributing, the Protoi;ois. In order not to make martyrs of the Nazi dc- fciidaiita. Judge Meyer's decision was in tlie form of a compromise. Theodore Fischer,,'one of the five defendants, was fined fifty francs ($11)), and Silvio Schnell was fined twenty francs ($C.'lo). The othe'r threc: Nazis, were acquitted. Because his jurisdiction is limited to the Canton Berne, Judge Meyer di^ not issue an order banning the circulation of the Protocols, ahd it would be useless to pro¬ hibit tliem in this Canton when they could be distributed freely in other parts of Switzerland. As a result of. Judge Meyer's verdict four other suits in¬ volving the Protocols will be pursued. The-Swiss Masons, Dr. Marciis, Cohen, president of the' Swiss Zionist, Union;, J. Dreyfus Brodsky, president of the. Jewish community of Basle; and Dr. Marcus Elireinpreis, ihici ¦ rabbi of Sweden, are bringing' suit against the Iron Broom, a Nazi paper in Basle, which has been circulating the Protocols.
Jr. Organization Formed Here To Aid United Jewish Appeal
In connection with the United Jewish Appeal, a Cohimbus branch of thc, Junior Division of the .American, Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, has been or¬ ganized in Cdlumbits during the' past week. The Columbus, Junior Division will solicit, funds from the Jewish youth of Columbus in participation with the campaign of the .United Jewish Appeal beginning May .23rd. , ¦^ This group is a part of the National Junior Division organized in. New York in IDXS and wliich since then'has enlisted co-oi>eration among Jewish yoiing nj'cn; and women and lias organizations in over twenty-five of the larger cities through¬ out the United States. . Purposes of this Junior Division are twofold: To stimulate interest in young people and create in them il sense of re-: sponsibility in Jewish welfare both here, and, abroad and to assist in raising funds from Jewish. yOuIig people heretofore not systematically Yeached. .
Officers of this new group, are-Chair¬ man, Bud Moser; Vice-Chairman, Mrs: Stanley Hertz.; .Secretary, Miss, Helen. Hpfmayer and Publicity Chairman, Miss Alice Loeb:, ^^ :/ / '..'"'.'¦
Annual Temple Dinner May 26
The annual dinner meeting of the Bryden' Road. .Temple will take place Sunday,,May 20'at.7:00 p; m.' Mr. Robert Goldman of'Cincinnati, Ohio, will address the membership on a sub-:
HEADS DISTRICT GRAND LODGE No/2 B*NAI B'RltTH
B'NAI B'RITH REELECTS COHEN; MOVES TO WASHINGTON; WILL HOLD TRIENNIAL MEETINGS
Memorial Fund for E. M. Gordon
¦The Sisterhood of the Agudath Achini have established a memorial fund in memory of Mr. E/,M. Gordon. Contri¬ butions may. be sent to either Mrs. Bert Wolnian, 1121 Franklin Ave,, or Mrs! ject which will be.of great ^ interest to Oscar Berman, 1180 Ellsworth Ave. everyone.
Local Jewry to Again Be Callef] Upon to Raise Funds for Worthy Causes
AN EDITORIAL
Within the next few weeks, Columbus Jewry will again be asked to contribute its share towards the many worthy projects carried on by our leaders in this country and in Europe. Never in the his¬ tory of our people, have we been faced with so many .problems afFecting the very life of Jews everywhere. In many instances the utter hopelessness bf the position of every man, woman and child, malccs It impossible to draw a picture other than one of thc blackest despair.
Although approximately 100,000 Jews have left Germany vol¬ untarily or were forced out by the government since the advent of the Nazi regime, 500,000 aro still in that country and their plight is one of the most tragic in all the tear-stained history of the Jewish people.
One million Jews in Poland are entirely dependent upon charity. Another million, out of a total Jewish population of throe million in that country, are barely able to eke out a mere substance of a living. Of the remainder, there are a few who earn more than a meagre livelihood. In several other European countries the Jews are on the border line of starvation.
To save the 3,000,000 Jews in Poland from misery and sufPdrmg —To aid those that are starving in other countries—To help thq 500,000 Jews that are still in Germany, living in fear of what the morrow may bring—To rehabilitate the Jewish refugees from the country ruthlessly ruled by Hitler—To help many to emigrate and become a part of the productive life of Palestine and other coun¬ tries—These are the purposes of the United Jewish Appeal which will shortly be launched in Columbus.
The Ohio Jewish Chronicle feels confident that every loya! Jew of this city will again contribifte his share towards those wno are suffering want, humiliation and degradation. The local.Jewish \ leaders feel proud of the fiiie standing of Columbus Jewry in all pasf Fund-Raising efforts. Last year we raised over $20,000, and this year the minimum requirements are $25,000. We are sure that, each and every member of our community will again respond to the dictates of his owii conscience. BLESSED ARE THEY THAT GIVE. : ^
JUSTIN L. SILLiyiAN
Our own Justin , L. Sillman,. one of the youngest inen ever to hold the office of President.of. District No. ,2, B'nai iVrith, was duly, installed to this high oflice last Tuesday by Sidney G. Kus¬ worm bf Dayton, Ohio, member-,of the executive committee. Kabbi J. Marshall Taxay. of Terre Haute, Ind., was .in¬ stalled as First -Vice-President; Charles Rosenbaum, Denver, Colo., Second Vice- President; ; Leonard H, Freiberg; Cin¬ cinnati, 0.,- Secretary; Lou M. Frank, Toledo, 0., Treasurer. Members of, .the general committee elected were: Harry S. Berger, Canton, p.; Louis Schwartz, St. Louis, Mo.; Phili|i'WciSberger,;South Bend, Ind,; J. Haber, Cleveland, p.; Di-. J. H: Rabin, Kansas City, Kans., and Louis Weilanti, Cincinnati.
¦ The eighty-third, aiinual. convention of- District Grand Lodge, No. 2, began with a'reception at thc Glaypool Hotelin In dianaiK)lis Saturday night. Business ses¬ sions openc<l Sunday with reports . from representatives of i.hstjtutioris maintained by the. Order, from State Deputies of Colorado, Wyoming; Northern and South¬ ern. Indiana, Kansas; Kentticky, Eastern and Western Missouri, Ohio,- and from State Presidents. At the afternoon meet¬ ing Maurice 6., Lieverman of London, president of the British Grand Lodge, extended greetings to the convention from the many B'nai B'rith Lodges of Europe,.,and informed the delegates, that.| the Order. iU; Gerniany is functioning in many sections of' the Reich. : At the saline: time members of the Women's Grand Lodge met and. were addressed" by Dri A. L. Sachar,..director, of B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundations at the University of Illinois.; '.
On Sunday evening La.dinner-^darice was held" in the Riley room of the hotel, the principal speaker of the occasion being I. M. Golden ;of San .Francisco, Calif., first vice-president of the Constitutional Grand Lodge. Over 500 . in attendance heard the inspiring message of this great, Jewish leader from the wcstcfm cOast. In. his address Mr. Golden refuted the stand taken by B'nai B'rith leaders that anti- Semitism, must not, be fought in the open and rapped the secrctivcness of the anti- defamation, league, "Sha-Sha methods have been tried before and found totally ineffective," declared Golden.
The next convention of District No. 2 will be held ill Cincinnati,, Ohio. It was the consensus of opinion that this 83rd convention held* in Indianapolis was one of thc most successful in receiit years, and that thc .inspiration it; gave to the delegates present, will undoubte<lly re¬ sult in greater activity, inci-easetl mem¬ bership and a more loyal devotion to the work of the Order throughout ^ District No.',2.'-
.WASHINGTON, D. C <WNS)-^ The reelection of Alfred M. Cohen of Cincinnati to a third term, as president, a change in thc constitution to provide for conventions every three years instead of every five years as hitherto, and the, reelection of Dr. L ¦ M. RUbinow.as; cxcciitivc , secretary, featured the closing .scission of the l^th quinquennial conyen- tioii of the B'nai -B'rith. Mr. Cohen, who is now seventy-five, has been presi¬ dent since 1925. The change in the constitution reduces his third term to three yca;-s, and also indicates that B'nai B'rtlh's headquarters will be moved to Washington by ,li)38, instead of waiting tihttl 1940. This important constitutional amendment: followed an unexpected at-- tack on the powers of B'nai B'rith's executive committee, with some delegates questioniiig the committee's 1 expenditure of funds and others charging it with exercising dictatorial power.
The new executive committee includes. Judge I. M. Golden of Sari Francisco, vice-president, for District No. 4; Archi^, bald A. Marx of New Orleans, Vice- president, for District No., 7; Louis Fab ri cant of New York, for District No. J; Sidney G. Kuswoi-m of Dayton", Ohio," for District No: 2; Henry A. Alexander of Atlanta, for District No; 5; Henry Monsky of .Omaha, for District No. 6-; and Joseph ,W:.-.Salus of Philadelphia, for'District No. 8; Members of'the Anti- Defamation. League Commission elected are Judge A. K. Cohen of Boston, Al¬ fred. M! Cohen, Dp. I. M. .Rubinow, Samuel L Sievers of St. Louis; Abraham Berkowitz .of Philadelphia, Judge L M. Golden of- San Francisco, Leon Schwat-z of Mobile ahd Sigmund, Livingston of Chicago. The chief justiceship of the B'nai B'rith Court of Appeals was given to Henry K. Wolff of -Sah; Francisco. : B'nai B rith became the first national Jewish organization to establish its per- ¦marient national headquarters iri Wash¬ ington when the Wth qiiinquennial con¬ vention authorized the removal of the headquarters froni Cincinnati to the na¬ tion's capital not later than 11)40, when' the next convention will be held! Wash¬ ington will be the third home of B'nai B'rith, which maintained headquarters for sixty-one years ih'New York, where it was founded, then moved to Chicago in 1905, where-it, remained until 1925, "\yhcn it established itself in Cincinnati. The decision to make Washirigton the; permanent headqtiartei-s breaks with.the B'liai B'rith's constitutional ruling^ that headquarters must be in the home city of the international president.
An attempt to get B'nai B'rith to cur¬ tail its subsidies to its various philan¬ thropic agenciesj so that su(;h fina.ncial assistance: would be "dropped entirely by lf>10 failed to win the convention's ap¬ proval after a hectic debate. The spon¬
sors of the proposal argued that Ameri¬ can Jewry's ivaramount need had shitted from philanthropy to efforts for per- , pctuating' an intelligent Jewi.sh conscious- ... ness as represented by Such B'nai B'rith institutions as the. Anti-Defamation-- League, the Aleph Zadek Aleph and the Hillel Foundations. Opponents of the motion, led by older Ben B'riths, claimed . that the nee]d for philanthropic agencies, was still great and that institutions' . closely identified with the history of the ' Order should,not be abandoned.
Approving the report of Sigriiund Liv¬ ingston, chairman of. the Anti-Dcfama- tion League, the. convention authorized continued support.of good; wi.U activities between religious groups and recom¬ mended the establishment of special com¬ mittees on ariti-Jewish discrimination -in every important city to deal with discrim¬ ination agairist ,'Jews ¦ in industry, and ¦. voted to create a special Anti-Defama¬ tion oflice in Canada with a paid secre¬ tary. ;iA sum equal, to the amount paid by B*nai B'rith members in Canada to the Order's emergency relieiE fund was . appropriated .'for the Canadian-office. The convention also recorded itself as favor- ¦ ing enlargement of the powers and jurisdiction of the Joint Consultative Council, and instructed the president and incoming executive committee to take ', action to. that effect. Continuation of the Order's Americanization, work until dll Jews in the United States are citizens ; was also endorsed. .
Dr. Norman Bentwich, former attorney general of Palestine and an assocute of, . James, G. McDonald, League of-Nations, High Commissioner for German Refugees, . told the convention that "in Palestine is . the .solution not only of thc German Jewish problem, but of the problem of . . the persecuted jews throughout the worid. After painting a. depressing.pic-. ' ture of German Jewry and the plight of the refugees. Dr. Bentwich asserted .that it "is a mistake to think that the Jew.s iri G-ermany are the worst off. Jews in Poland are in equally .distressing con-, ditions; Even though they, have ppHtical rights they are crushed ccbnomicaily apd- . thousands arc, starving to death. Of the three million'Jews.in Polaiid, one million - are actually supported by public charity." The economic basis for Jews in Poland,, .Austria and other lands of Eastern and Central Europe has been completely cut !, away," hc: said. ,
M. Gordon Liyerman, president of the British B'nai B'rith idistrict, and the. only Euroi>ean delegate attending the conyen'- tion, seconded. Dr. Bentwiqh's remarks about. Polish Jewry;'and reported that . "despite all wild allegations to the con-, tr'ary; B'nai B'rith functiori.s in Europe quite ofienly, working frankly and freely with the full responsibility and sym¬ pathetic recognition, of. the government : of each nation in which it functions."
Ivreeyoh Society Will Honor
Hebrew School Graduates
Sunday Evening
.In honor of the eight piipils who wil! graduate from the Columbus' Hebrew School Sunday, evening, May 19, the Ivreeyoh Society will .sponsor a Milchick supper at 6:30 o'clock preceding the ex^ ercises, Mrs. Ben Greenberg and Mrs. H. Cohen ^re in charge of the supper arrangements. There will be a. nominal charge of fifty cents per plate.
The pupils who will receive diplomas Sunday evening include: Harold Cohen, Eugene ^Cohen, Louis Colieii, Lillian Greenberg, Louis Lieverman, Louis Schenk, Rosalie Rosenfcld, Harry Topo- lowski.
A fine program will follow the gradua¬ tion exercises and the.presentation of di¬ plomas,
It is hoped that friends-as well as rel¬ atives of the graduates will attend this important event which will start promptly at 6:30 p. m., at the Columbus Hebrew School.
Hadassah to Elect and In^tiall Officers Tuesday, 2 P.M.
Sr. Hadassah will hold its final meet¬ ing of the season Tuesday afternoon. May 21, at 2 o'clock at the Neil House. .A.t this meeting election and installation of officers will'take place. The follbwirig slate will.be presented: .Pt^esident, MrS, Roy Stone,; first vice president, .Mrs. Justin Sillman ; second vice president, Mrs. Albert Schiff; recording secretary^ Mrs. Max, Schottenstein; corresponding sec¬ retary, Mrs. B. Feitlinger; 5nancial secr retary, Mrs. J.. .Freedriian; treasurer, Mrs. Wm.' Schiff; auditor, Mrs. .Ben Yalma:n; honorary president, Mrs. Wm.
A. Hersch; honorary board' meriiber, Mrs. Elhia Levinger. ,
The following names for the board of directors to be presented are: Mesdames
B. W. Abramson, Mordecai Hirsch¬ sprung, Jule Mark, Herman Lieverman, Louis Nachman, Solomon Rivlin, Max Kanter, Ben F. Levinson, Abe Wolman, H. Rockoff, and H; Post. ;
. Rablii Solomon- Rivlin wiU install the newly elected officers and directors, and Mrs..Ben Yalman will open the'meeting with a prayer.
Mrs. Louis Nachman, chairman of pro¬ grams, has arranged a most unusual pro¬ gram for the afternoon. Mrs. Ij.lma E. Levinger will'review the book, "Salva¬ tion," and Mrs. Reva Goldberg Shaman will render several yiolin selections. Mrs. Robert Suid, acting hospitality chairman, and her committee, will take charge of the social hour following the meeting.
Free Loan Society Meeting
The next regular meefing of the Ladies Free Loan Society will 1;ake place at 7:30 p. nt., Wednesday, May 22, in the vestry room of the Agudath Achim synagogue. Following the business nieeting Mrs. M, Schecter and Mrs. Harry Beckman will entertain with refreshments.
Prominent Cleveland .Jew to
Address Local Zionists
Tuesday Evening
Hon. Ezra Schapiro, Chairman of the Administrative C'Onunittee of the Zion¬ ist Organization of America and Law Director of the City of Cleveland, will be the guest sineaker at thc mcetiiig of the Zionist District to lie held May 21 at 8 o'clock P. M: at the East Broad St. Temple. Tlie subject of Mr. Schapiro's address will be, "If Herzl Were Alive Today."
Mri Schapiro is well known in Co¬ lumbus and has many per.<;onal friends here. His speaking ability and his work in the Zionist organization has' won for him the important poshion of Chiiirman of, the Administrative Committee of the Zionist Organization of America. Mr. Schapiro is the youngest .man to have ever held thi.s position.
When Harry L Davi-. became Mayor of Cleveland, he selcctet! Mr. Schapiro as Law Director hi his cabinet. This is the position wliich was at one time held by Newton D. Baker, who later became Secretary ofWar.
The question of nominating a local delegate to the World's Zionist Congress, as well as the procedure for the election of delegates to the Congress, will also be considered. Sidney Pollock will ren¬ der a musical program.
The meeting i^ open to the public.
Cantor Gellman to Conduct Services at Beth Jacob Cong.
Through the courtesy of Mr. Jacob Schottenstein, president of the Agudath Achim synagogue, Cantor P. H. Gell¬ man will officiate at the Beth Jacob Synagogue un Friday evening, May 24th, and Saturday niorniiigi May 3Jth, in honor of the Bar Mitzvah of Albert Beim, son of Mr. and Mrs. Morris Bei|n.

Central Ohio's Only
Jewish NeuOspaper
Reaehing Evei-y Home
W:\xmix\t
Devoted to dmerican
and
Jewish ideals
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER FOR THE JEWISH HOME
Volume XVII—No. 72
COIvUMBUS, OHIO, MAY 17, 1935
Per Year $3.00; Per Copy ioc
Strictly Confidential
TID-BITS FROM EVEKYWHERE
llT PIIINEA8 Jf. limdN
Cantor Pinchik to be Heard at
Broad St. Temple Friday,
Saturday and Monday
LIFE AND PLAY
¦ Wc tliink/it's time.to mention by name some of the.firms who, oljliviotis of tlic
, aiiti-Xazi boycott, go on selling Gcfman Roods . . . Among, the better known com-
_ panics arc S. S. Kreage Co,, S. H. Kress
'&. Co., Julius Kayser Co., the jglove people. liiul qiiite a number of Jewish importers whom wc will mention by name at a later date . . . Harry Moses, producer Of "TheOld Maid," which got the' Pulit¬ zer, award, and Herman. Shumlin, pro¬ ducer of "Children's Hour,',' Which dc- sorycd it, were parti^crs and procluced jointly .several years ago "Grand Hotel" : . . When Shumlin was asked what he
. thought of the. 1935 Pulitzer prize award to "The Old Maid" he.panned his former ¦partner pitilessly .. .He said that the prize-winning- play was a piece of old lace with no'relationship to the modern
. progressive theatre and should never have been taken out from the dusty closet Unofficial figures reaching our desk tell the gruesome story, thai tho Jewish Daily Fot-Tbard lost 30,000 circulatioti because, of the Harry Ljtng'TAb Gaban escapade in the Hearst.publications.. . , Dimitri MariaiioflF, son-in-law of Professor' Ein¬ stein, has written a play dealing withi the .war hysteria in- Eurojje, which the
, Theatre Guild is considering for produc¬ tion next season .. ; Dr. A, J. Rongy is| busy writing a play on social medicine' which, if produced, wiirbjow the lid off
¦ medical .racketeering. ...
ZIONIST GOSSIP This is the motith of May and the ZioTiist conyentioh- .is less; than two months away.... But there, is an ominous silence iri official circles, although those in the know unde.rstatidthat this conven¬ tion will be a hectic One ,. . . the clamor for a new. deal is getting stronger and stronger ... The glorious and ambitious
¦ plans . for Jewish :education through the
¦ Zionist ; Organization, cultural activity, mass membership campaigns Have all evaporated ..-. . There, is a definite split .in 'the leadership, with the Wise-Lipsky
¦ ailiance, wliich .worked so well in, Ameri- ' can Jewish Congress- matters, jecotpiiig
the dominating factor in Zionist affairs ' .': ;, It is. rumored -that'the American Palestine, Campaign has been-too gener^ ous with subsidies, to the Zionist. Organi¬ zation and that the income of thc.ZOA from ::ordinary Zionist: sources is on; a
¦ continous decline. .Now,that Mr. Jacob de Haas is all wrapped up with Revision¬ ism, and, now that Mn Robert'Szold has lost all his ambition to play a role in the ZOA, the, issue narrows down to a; ¦show-down between : two parties osten-
. siblyunited in the present administration ... There wiU.:be, of course, an attempt by. the perennial pcacerseekers to create a united front, but we're tolling you that the forthcoming convention will see some hot doings. . ¦'- _ ¦ 'p
PRODIGIES ^ "Sonny Boy," the seyen-week-old' baby 'that the Al Jolsons haive adopted, is
¦, Jewish; :and had a real ceremonial birtli only, a. few weeks ago . . . We told you
, that .B'nai B.'rith headquarters would be moved East frdm Cincinnati, and that is.what the B'nai B'rith convention de¬ cided: last week ... B'nai B'rith now becomes the first national Jewish organi¬ zation, with its. main office in Washington ,.;.., The ..latest boy piano prodigy is Henry Albert, seven years old . . .He
¦ has studied piano only eighteen, months, but has already given a public concert and ' written seventeen compositions ... Henry dgesn't want to be virtuoso when he grows up—lie wants to be a doctor
, . ..You remember Samuel Reshevsky, the chess prodigy, who is now a young man and one of the outstanding, adult chess masters ... . Tlie late Julius Rosen¬ wald was very much interested in Sam and subsidized Sam's education with the idea of making him a rabbi . .. Lessing- Rosenwald, oldest son pf. Julius, financed Sam's trip to England, where he won the international chess tourijey. . , A RATOFF STORY Now wc are convinced that Gregory Ratoff is Jewish . . .He sent us this
^ littlegem: A Whitechapel (Loudon's East Side) non-Aryan needed a tooth extrac¬ tion, but was afraid of the attendant pain . . - The dentist suggested gas, but the patient feared that, too ... "I'll give you gas, so that you won't feel it," the dentist promised . - . "All you have to do
^^^ while I'm administering it ii to count slowly" . . . The patient agreed, and started counting . . . slowly ... -¦ until he nodded, "seventy-two . . . eighty-nine ninety-eight ... one dollar I"
SHORT WAVE '
pr. Friedrich Wolf has returned" to
Mosco-w, where his play, "Dr, Mamlock,"
. dealing wit!) the German-Jewish situation
in Naziland, is the smash hit of the
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in the prosaic world of bur daily ex- ' istence few things make such a profound effect on us as does a solemn prayer full of dci>th and sigmficance heautif«Uy sung an(( sublimely interpreted. Cantor Pin¬ chik possesses that .ability. He possesses also a personality that bespeaks sincerity and artistic integrity.
To hear Pinchik sing is in itself a musical treat of the highest order, but to hear him conduct Sabbath services is ail ' aesthetic pleasure few can forego, reaching as he docs heights of religious inspiration, which leaves. One breathless and bewildered. His deciariiatory de¬ livery of the fiery passages of the ai^c- old prayer book penetrates tHe inmost depths of the souls of men and in unison we exclaim, Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord of Hosts!
Although Columbus has heard ^plenty of good music during the past season, the finest; musical ahdspirituatevent in reqent months will take place tonight (Friday). and. tomorrow morning (Saturday) at the East Broad St. Temple,'when Cantor Pinchik conducts. Sabbath services in.his inimitable way._.
For those w.ho cannot attend Sabbath services, however, Cantor Pinchik has been engaged-for Monday eveningj May 20, to give a special concert and also: conduct evening services' at which the counting of "Sefira" will be the. inspira¬ tional treat; .
It is ;well to remember that Mr. Pin¬ chik. is ndf only.a great cantor, but also a-singer of the highest possible attain¬ ment. He.sings .Jewish folk songs with the same degree of musical perfection as he does the classical or. liturgical com¬ positions. He is easily the jpeer of sueh world celebrities as McCormack; Schipa, Gigli and others. .,
. Do not fail, to hear Cantor Pinchik sing.: He.will thrill you.as nothing ever thrilled you before.
Council Board Meeting to be Heid at Goldberg Home
.: Mrs. Harry Goldberg, newly, .elected president of the Council of Jewish Wo-- raen, will hold her first .board meeting at her home, on Tuesday, May 21.
- The other newly-elected officers are as follows; first vice president,.Mrs. Hiram Cohen; second vice president, Mrs.:Edna Hofmayer; recording secretary,'Mrs* A^ B. Weinfeld; treasurer, Mrs.' Max Gumble. v
The directors include: Mesdames Da¬ vid Cohen, Mark Feinknopf,. Arthiir Isaac, Stanley Hertz, Robert Levy, Rob¬ ert. Blashek, Edwin J. Schahfarbcr, Dave Levinson, Louis , Mark, Wm.' Schiff, Harry Zeiger^ Frank A."-Glick.
Court Brands "Protocols of Zioii" Forgery and Plagiarism I
'BERNE, SWITZERLAND (WNS) —Anti-Semitism everywhere received a body blow when Judge Meyer, presiding justice' of the I.!erne cantonal court, branded, tlie. noUirioiis' Protocols of the Elders of Zion a forgery. Judge Meyer's verdict was rendered at the close of thc criminal libel suit brought by tlic Union of Swiss Jewish Communities and the Jewish camniunity of , Berne agaiiist leaders of the Swiss Nazis .who have Ijtcen distributing, the Protoi;ois. In order not to make martyrs of the Nazi dc- fciidaiita. Judge Meyer's decision was in tlie form of a compromise. Theodore Fischer,,'one of the five defendants, was fined fifty francs ($11)), and Silvio Schnell was fined twenty francs ($C.'lo). The othe'r threc: Nazis, were acquitted. Because his jurisdiction is limited to the Canton Berne, Judge Meyer di^ not issue an order banning the circulation of the Protocols, ahd it would be useless to pro¬ hibit tliem in this Canton when they could be distributed freely in other parts of Switzerland. As a result of. Judge Meyer's verdict four other suits in¬ volving the Protocols will be pursued. The-Swiss Masons, Dr. Marciis, Cohen, president of the' Swiss Zionist, Union;, J. Dreyfus Brodsky, president of the. Jewish community of Basle; and Dr. Marcus Elireinpreis, ihici ¦ rabbi of Sweden, are bringing' suit against the Iron Broom, a Nazi paper in Basle, which has been circulating the Protocols.
Jr. Organization Formed Here To Aid United Jewish Appeal
In connection with the United Jewish Appeal, a Cohimbus branch of thc, Junior Division of the .American, Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, has been or¬ ganized in Cdlumbits during the' past week. The Columbus, Junior Division will solicit, funds from the Jewish youth of Columbus in participation with the campaign of the .United Jewish Appeal beginning May .23rd. , ¦^ This group is a part of the National Junior Division organized in. New York in IDXS and wliich since then'has enlisted co-oi>eration among Jewish yoiing nj'cn; and women and lias organizations in over twenty-five of the larger cities through¬ out the United States. . Purposes of this Junior Division are twofold: To stimulate interest in young people and create in them il sense of re-: sponsibility in Jewish welfare both here, and, abroad and to assist in raising funds from Jewish. yOuIig people heretofore not systematically Yeached. .
Officers of this new group, are-Chair¬ man, Bud Moser; Vice-Chairman, Mrs: Stanley Hertz.; .Secretary, Miss, Helen. Hpfmayer and Publicity Chairman, Miss Alice Loeb:, ^^ :/ / '..'"'.'¦
Annual Temple Dinner May 26
The annual dinner meeting of the Bryden' Road. .Temple will take place Sunday,,May 20'at.7:00 p; m.' Mr. Robert Goldman of'Cincinnati, Ohio, will address the membership on a sub-:
HEADS DISTRICT GRAND LODGE No/2 B*NAI B'RltTH
B'NAI B'RITH REELECTS COHEN; MOVES TO WASHINGTON; WILL HOLD TRIENNIAL MEETINGS
Memorial Fund for E. M. Gordon
¦The Sisterhood of the Agudath Achini have established a memorial fund in memory of Mr. E/,M. Gordon. Contri¬ butions may. be sent to either Mrs. Bert Wolnian, 1121 Franklin Ave,, or Mrs! ject which will be.of great ^ interest to Oscar Berman, 1180 Ellsworth Ave. everyone.
Local Jewry to Again Be Callef] Upon to Raise Funds for Worthy Causes
AN EDITORIAL
Within the next few weeks, Columbus Jewry will again be asked to contribute its share towards the many worthy projects carried on by our leaders in this country and in Europe. Never in the his¬ tory of our people, have we been faced with so many .problems afFecting the very life of Jews everywhere. In many instances the utter hopelessness bf the position of every man, woman and child, malccs It impossible to draw a picture other than one of thc blackest despair.
Although approximately 100,000 Jews have left Germany vol¬ untarily or were forced out by the government since the advent of the Nazi regime, 500,000 aro still in that country and their plight is one of the most tragic in all the tear-stained history of the Jewish people.
One million Jews in Poland are entirely dependent upon charity. Another million, out of a total Jewish population of throe million in that country, are barely able to eke out a mere substance of a living. Of the remainder, there are a few who earn more than a meagre livelihood. In several other European countries the Jews are on the border line of starvation.
To save the 3,000,000 Jews in Poland from misery and sufPdrmg —To aid those that are starving in other countries—To help thq 500,000 Jews that are still in Germany, living in fear of what the morrow may bring—To rehabilitate the Jewish refugees from the country ruthlessly ruled by Hitler—To help many to emigrate and become a part of the productive life of Palestine and other coun¬ tries—These are the purposes of the United Jewish Appeal which will shortly be launched in Columbus.
The Ohio Jewish Chronicle feels confident that every loya! Jew of this city will again contribifte his share towards those wno are suffering want, humiliation and degradation. The local.Jewish \ leaders feel proud of the fiiie standing of Columbus Jewry in all pasf Fund-Raising efforts. Last year we raised over $20,000, and this year the minimum requirements are $25,000. We are sure that, each and every member of our community will again respond to the dictates of his owii conscience. BLESSED ARE THEY THAT GIVE. : ^
JUSTIN L. SILLiyiAN
Our own Justin , L. Sillman,. one of the youngest inen ever to hold the office of President.of. District No. ,2, B'nai iVrith, was duly, installed to this high oflice last Tuesday by Sidney G. Kus¬ worm bf Dayton, Ohio, member-,of the executive committee. Kabbi J. Marshall Taxay. of Terre Haute, Ind., was .in¬ stalled as First -Vice-President; Charles Rosenbaum, Denver, Colo., Second Vice- President; ; Leonard H, Freiberg; Cin¬ cinnati, 0.,- Secretary; Lou M. Frank, Toledo, 0., Treasurer. Members of, .the general committee elected were: Harry S. Berger, Canton, p.; Louis Schwartz, St. Louis, Mo.; Phili|i'WciSberger,;South Bend, Ind,; J. Haber, Cleveland, p.; Di-. J. H: Rabin, Kansas City, Kans., and Louis Weilanti, Cincinnati.
¦ The eighty-third, aiinual. convention of- District Grand Lodge, No. 2, began with a'reception at thc Glaypool Hotelin In dianaiK)lis Saturday night. Business ses¬ sions openc10 failed to win the convention's ap¬ proval after a hectic debate. The spon¬
sors of the proposal argued that Ameri¬ can Jewry's ivaramount need had shitted from philanthropy to efforts for per- , pctuating' an intelligent Jewi.sh conscious- ... ness as represented by Such B'nai B'rith institutions as the. Anti-Defamation-- League, the Aleph Zadek Aleph and the Hillel Foundations. Opponents of the motion, led by older Ben B'riths, claimed . that the nee]d for philanthropic agencies, was still great and that institutions' . closely identified with the history of the ' Order should,not be abandoned.
Approving the report of Sigriiund Liv¬ ingston, chairman of. the Anti-Dcfama- tion League, the. convention authorized continued support.of good; wi.U activities between religious groups and recom¬ mended the establishment of special com¬ mittees on ariti-Jewish discrimination -in every important city to deal with discrim¬ ination agairist ,'Jews ¦ in industry, and ¦. voted to create a special Anti-Defama¬ tion oflice in Canada with a paid secre¬ tary. ;iA sum equal, to the amount paid by B*nai B'rith members in Canada to the Order's emergency relieiE fund was . appropriated .'for the Canadian-office. The convention also recorded itself as favor- ¦ ing enlargement of the powers and jurisdiction of the Joint Consultative Council, and instructed the president and incoming executive committee to take ', action to. that effect. Continuation of the Order's Americanization, work until dll Jews in the United States are citizens ; was also endorsed. .
Dr. Norman Bentwich, former attorney general of Palestine and an assocute of, . James, G. McDonald, League of-Nations, High Commissioner for German Refugees, . told the convention that "in Palestine is . the .solution not only of thc German Jewish problem, but of the problem of . . the persecuted jews throughout the worid. After painting a. depressing.pic-. ' ture of German Jewry and the plight of the refugees. Dr. Bentwich asserted .that it "is a mistake to think that the Jew.s iri G-ermany are the worst off. Jews in Poland are in equally .distressing con-, ditions; Even though they, have ppHtical rights they are crushed ccbnomicaily apd- . thousands arc, starving to death. Of the three million'Jews.in Polaiid, one million - are actually supported by public charity." The economic basis for Jews in Poland,, .Austria and other lands of Eastern and Central Europe has been completely cut !, away," hc: said. ,
M. Gordon Liyerman, president of the British B'nai B'rith idistrict, and the. only Euroi>ean delegate attending the conyen'- tion, seconded. Dr. Bentwiqh's remarks about. Polish Jewry;'and reported that . "despite all wild allegations to the con-, tr'ary; B'nai B'rith functiori.s in Europe quite ofienly, working frankly and freely with the full responsibility and sym¬ pathetic recognition, of. the government : of each nation in which it functions."
Ivreeyoh Society Will Honor
Hebrew School Graduates
Sunday Evening
.In honor of the eight piipils who wil! graduate from the Columbus' Hebrew School Sunday, evening, May 19, the Ivreeyoh Society will .sponsor a Milchick supper at 6:30 o'clock preceding the ex^ ercises, Mrs. Ben Greenberg and Mrs. H. Cohen ^re in charge of the supper arrangements. There will be a. nominal charge of fifty cents per plate.
The pupils who will receive diplomas Sunday evening include: Harold Cohen, Eugene ^Cohen, Louis Colieii, Lillian Greenberg, Louis Lieverman, Louis Schenk, Rosalie Rosenfcld, Harry Topo- lowski.
A fine program will follow the gradua¬ tion exercises and the.presentation of di¬ plomas,
It is hoped that friends-as well as rel¬ atives of the graduates will attend this important event which will start promptly at 6:30 p. m., at the Columbus Hebrew School.
Hadassah to Elect and In^tiall Officers Tuesday, 2 P.M.
Sr. Hadassah will hold its final meet¬ ing of the season Tuesday afternoon. May 21, at 2 o'clock at the Neil House. .A.t this meeting election and installation of officers will'take place. The follbwirig slate will.be presented: .Pt^esident, MrS, Roy Stone,; first vice president, .Mrs. Justin Sillman ; second vice president, Mrs. Albert Schiff; recording secretary^ Mrs. Max, Schottenstein; corresponding sec¬ retary, Mrs. B. Feitlinger; 5nancial secr retary, Mrs. J.. .Freedriian; treasurer, Mrs. Wm.' Schiff; auditor, Mrs. .Ben Yalma:n; honorary president, Mrs. Wm.
A. Hersch; honorary board' meriiber, Mrs. Elhia Levinger. ,
The following names for the board of directors to be presented are: Mesdames
B. W. Abramson, Mordecai Hirsch¬ sprung, Jule Mark, Herman Lieverman, Louis Nachman, Solomon Rivlin, Max Kanter, Ben F. Levinson, Abe Wolman, H. Rockoff, and H; Post. ;
. Rablii Solomon- Rivlin wiU install the newly elected officers and directors, and Mrs..Ben Yalman will open the'meeting with a prayer.
Mrs. Louis Nachman, chairman of pro¬ grams, has arranged a most unusual pro¬ gram for the afternoon. Mrs. Ij.lma E. Levinger will'review the book, "Salva¬ tion," and Mrs. Reva Goldberg Shaman will render several yiolin selections. Mrs. Robert Suid, acting hospitality chairman, and her committee, will take charge of the social hour following the meeting.
Free Loan Society Meeting
The next regular meefing of the Ladies Free Loan Society will 1;ake place at 7:30 p. nt., Wednesday, May 22, in the vestry room of the Agudath Achim synagogue. Following the business nieeting Mrs. M, Schecter and Mrs. Harry Beckman will entertain with refreshments.
Prominent Cleveland .Jew to
Address Local Zionists
Tuesday Evening
Hon. Ezra Schapiro, Chairman of the Administrative C'Onunittee of the Zion¬ ist Organization of America and Law Director of the City of Cleveland, will be the guest sineaker at thc mcetiiig of the Zionist District to lie held May 21 at 8 o'clock P. M: at the East Broad St. Temple. Tlie subject of Mr. Schapiro's address will be, "If Herzl Were Alive Today."
Mri Schapiro is well known in Co¬ lumbus and has many per.